Carex rotundata Wahlenberg (Q580)

From Canadian Flora Commons
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Carex rotundata is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Vesicariae
Language Label Description Also known as
English
Carex rotundata Wahlenberg
Carex rotundata is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Vesicariae

    Statements

    taxon/id/Carex rotundata Wahlenberg
    0 references
    Carex rotundata Wahlenberg
    Carex rotundata
    Wahlenberg
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    carex à fruits ronds (French)
    round-fruited sedge (English)
    round sedge (English)
    Carex à fruits ronds (English)
    1 reference
    Marie-Victorin, Fr. 1995. Flore laurentienne. 3e éd. Mise à jour et annotée par L. Brouillet, S.G. Hay, I. Goulet, M. Blondeau, J. Cayouette et J. Labrecque. Gaétan Morin éditeur. 1093 pp.
    1 reference
    Cody, W.J. 2000. Flora of the Yukon Territory. 2nd ed. National Research Press, Ottawa. 669 pp.
    1 reference
    Porsild, A.E. & W.J. Cody. 1980. Vascular Plants of the Continental Northwest Territories, Canada. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa, Ont. 667 pp.
    1 reference
    Porsild, A.E. & W.J. Cody. 1980. Vascular Plants of the Continental Northwest Territories, Canada. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa, Ont. 667 pp.
    Eurasia
    1 reference
    Ford, B.A. & P.W. Ball. 1992. The taxonomy of the circumpolar short-beaked taxa of Carex sect. Vesicariae (Cyperaceae). Systematic Botany 17: 620-639. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2419731
    Labrador, CA
    1 reference
    Meades, S., S.G. Hay & L. Brouillet. 2000. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador. Published in association with A Digital Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador Vascular Plants. http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/meades.htm (consulted 2009-09-02) http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/meades.htm
    Culms round in cross-section, 17–48 cm, smooth distally.
    Leaves: basal sheaths brown, rarely red tinged;
    ligules shorter than wide;
    blades mid to dark green, wiry, filiform-involute, circular in cross-section, 1.3–3 (–3.2) mm wide, glabrous.
    Inflorescences 2–14 cm;
    proximal bract 0.7–10 (–16) cm, shorter than or equaling inflorescence;
    proximal 1–2 (–3) spikes pistillate, erect;
    terminal 1–2 (–3) spikes staminate.
    Pistillate scales ovate, 2.4–4 × 1.3–2.1 mm, as long as or shorter than perigynia, margins entire, apex obtuse or acute, awnless.
    Perigynia spreading to reflexed, obscurely few-veined, veins not extending to beak, elliptic, 2.5–3.9 (–4.2) × 1.4–2.3 mm, apex abruptly contracted, membranaceous;
    beak 0.4–0.8 (–0.9) mm, obscurely bidentulate, smooth, teeth straight, to 0.3 mm.